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Re: Hey Odd!

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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > Fabian Russell wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 14:48:23 -0600, Odd Bodkin wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I have no problem with books. I own both paper and digital books. I do
> > > > have a problem with greed and the Collector's Obsession. I do have a
> > > > problem with stealing to feed the Collector's Obsession. I do have a
> > > > problem with those who would rationalize and excuse their thefts,
> > > > claiming somehow this is the manly thing to do.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Obsession?  Theft?  You are pulling things out of the air again,
> > > and that's a bad habit.
> > >
> > > Take a deep breath.  Get a grip on reality.
> > >
> > > Then start building your own E-LOC and learn to love it.
> >
> > It's called, trying to diminish you...den·i·grate. It's how Donald Trump deals with those that oppose him.
> >
> > The Internet wishes to be free. That means the internet has a strong desire for
> > information in any form to be free...music, movies, books, ideas.
> >
> > For example, epub.
> >
> > actually is a zip file filled with html files.
> >
> > Just change the extension of any epub from xxxxx.epub to .xxxxx.zip
> >
> > then unzip it.
> >
> > For example, some directory publisher published a directory book,
> > how do you extract all email addresses and data from the pages of a big directory ?
> > then finally came out with a epub of the book.
> >
> > Now, unzipping it gave me access to all it's email addresses, and names and address
> >  in this directory that is easily extracted.
> >
> > The Internet wishes to be free.
> >
> > (i bet a million dollars that if the publisher knew that
> > his book can be uzipped and information extracted easily  in a second, he would have never had it
> > turn into a ebook.)
> >
> > The Internet wishes to be free.
> 
> Like for an example...here is a real world example..
> 
> there is a book called:
> 
> Writer's Market 2016: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published 95th Edition
> 
> At Amazon they have the Book and the ebook epub version.
> 
> You can take the epub, change the extension to zip and you have
> all the email address and names and addresses you need to market your science fiction stories in a second.
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Writers-Market-2016-Trusted-Published/dp/1599639378/ref=pd_sim_14_5?ie=UTF8&dpID=51Tq-Z193qL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR122%2C160_&refRID=1J134H9SAFRQAXNFGYCS
> 
> (of course the epub is avaialbe for free if you know where to look, the internet wishes to be free)
> 
> Writers.Market.2016.The.Most.Trusted.Guide.to.Getting.Published.epub
> 
> email extraction tools




somebody gave me a barnes and noble gift card, but i don't know what book to buy because
every book i want to read is free on the internet!!!


The Internet wishes to be free.

even magazines..

what am i gonna do wit dis barnes and noble gift card????


wat is a lit format?
http://satdude.com/4don/%5Bebooks%5D%201000+%20ScienceFiction%20&%20Fantasy%20Novels%20%28.lit%20format%29/


https://www.google.com/#q=indexof%2F:+epub+mobi


what am i gonna do wit dis barnes and noble gift card???? Maybe I should go and see the wizard of ODD...

i can ask for a brain while i'm at it? do you think the ODD will give me a brain?



what am i gonna do wit dis barnes and noble gift card????


I go to Barnes and Noble book store near me to see what new books they have...
then i go on the internet and Bingo, it's on epub already???



what am i gonna do wit dis barnes and noble gift card????

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Re: Hey Odd! The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-02-01 00:03 -0800
  Re: Hey Odd! The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-02-01 00:36 -0800
    Re: Hey Odd! The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-02-01 14:18 -0800
      Re: Hey Odd! Arc Michael <abookoflife@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-01 16:26 -0800
        Re: Hey Odd! Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2016-02-02 08:25 -0700
          Re: Hey Odd! Arc Michael <abookoflife@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-02 18:04 -0800
            Re: Hey Odd! Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2016-02-03 09:23 -0700
    Re: Hey Odd! The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-02-01 16:16 -0800
      Re: Hey Odd! Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2016-02-02 08:28 -0700

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